Ellen Heck, MBA

Faculty Associate
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

ellen.heck@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Ellen Louise Heck Administrative Director Transplant Services UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Ellen Heck received her MT certificate from the School of Medical Technology, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas then went on to receive her MA from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in 1983. She completed her B.S. in Microbiology at Texas Woman's University and her M.A. in Health Care Administration at Central Michigan University. She has served as Faculty Associate and Director for the Skin Transplant Center for Burns before becoming the Director for Transplant Services Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. She is presently a member of the American Association of Tissue Banks, American Burn Association, American Council of Transplantation, American Society of Clinical Pathology, Associate Practitioners of Infection Control, Eye Bank Association of America, and Texas Society for Clinical Microbiology.

Education

UndergraduateTexas Woman's University (1972)

Publications

Risk of prior disease transmission from ocular donor tissue transplantation

Hogan RN, Brown P, Heck E, Cavanagh HD , Cornea , 1999; (18(1)):2-11

The Eye Bank Association of America: Purpose, Organization, Medical Standards, and Certification

Heck EL , CORNEA-Fundamentals of Cornea and External Disease , 1996; (1(33)):469-473

"Eye Banking"

Heck E, Cavanagh HD , UNOS Organ Procurement, Preservation and Distribution in Transplantation , 1995;

Honors/Awards

Heise Distinguished Service Award, Eye Bank Association of America

(1995)

Curtis P. Artz Distinguished Service Award, American Burn Association, Washington, DC

(1987)

At-Large Award, American Burn Association, San Francisco, CA

(1984)

Assciate Award, American Burn Association, Los Angeles, CA

(1977)

Assciate Award, American Burn Association, Cincinnati, OH

(1974)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association of Tissue Banks

American Burn Association

American Council of Transplantation

American Society of Clinical Pathology

Eye Bank Association of America